IIT JAM will be held on February 2, 2025. The Chemistry paper will be held in the forenoon session, from 9:30 to 12:30. The total duration of the Chemistry paper will be 3 hours. According to the previous years, the Chemistry paper will be moderate to high. Students will have to attempt a high number of questions out of 60 to score good marks in the IIT JAM 2025.
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Only a few days left for the exam and now students can look through the analysis of the question paper. These last minute question analysis helps them to boost their confidence level. Aspirants can also solve some last year's question papers. To know the chapter weightage and the difficulty level of the JAM Chemistry paper, stay with this article.
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From the table below students can see the expected number of questions from each topic.
Physical Chemistry
Topic Name- Expected Questions | Topic Name- Expected Questions | ||
Atomic and molecular structure | 4-5 | Chemical and Phase equilibria | 6-7 |
Solid State | 2-3 | Electroscopy | 2-3 |
Liquid State | 1-2 | Chemical thermodynamics | 2-3 |
Adsorption | 1-2 | Basic mathematical concepts | 1-2 |
Chemical Kinetics | 1-2 | Spectroscopy | 1-2 |
Organic Chemistry
Topic Name- Expected Questions | Topic Name- Expected Questions | ||
Organic reaction mechanism and synthetic application | 5-6 | National Products Chemistry | 2-3 |
Basic concept in organic chemistry and stereochemistry | 5-6 | Aromatic and heterocyclic chemistry | 2-4 |
Qualitative organic analysis | 2-3 | ||
Inorganic Chemistry
Topic Name- Expected Questions | Topic Name- Expected Questions | ||
Transition Metals ( d block) | 3-4 | Bioorganic Chemistry | 2-3 |
Chemical bonding and shapes of molecules | 5-6 | Main group of element ( s and p block) | 2-3 |
Instrumental methods of analysis | 2-3 | Extractions of Metals | 1-2 |
From the last years’ trends we can predict that the level of the question paper will be high to moderate. There are three sections in the question paper. According to the sections, the difficulty level will differ. Section C has mainly numerical type questions that contain mainly advanced level questions.
Sections | Difficulty Level |
Section A | Easy to Moderate |
Section B | Easy to Moderate |
Section C | Moderate to High |
Overall Paper | Moderate to High |
Subject Chemistry has broadly three chapters- Organic, Inorganic and Physical. It is expected that the high number of questions would be asked from Physical Chemistry. Its contribution is mainly higher. The below table gives you the predicted weightage of these three chapters for the year 2025.
Chapters | Predicted Questions | Predicted Weightage |
Physical Chemistry | 20-24 | 35-37% |
Organic Chemistry | 18-20 | 32-34% |
Inorganic Chemistry | 18-20 | 29-31% |
There are a total of 60 questions asked for 100 marks that are divided into three sections. There is also negative marking in section A only. The JAM 2025 Chemistry paper pattern is as follows.
Section | Question Type/ Total Questions | Marks per Question | Total Marks | Negative Marking |
A | Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)/ 30 | 10 questions: 1 mark each 20 questions: 2 marks each | 50 | 1 mark questions: -1/3 mark 2 mark questions: -2/3 mark |
B | Multiple Select Questions (MSQs)/ 10 | 2 marks each | 20 | No negative marking No partial marking |
C | Numerical Answer Type (NAT)/ 20 | 10 questions: 1 mark each 10 questions: 2 marks each | 30 | No negative marking |
Total | 60 | - | 100 | - |
Here are the links to the IIT JAM Chemistry Previous Year question papers
Year | Links |
2024 | |
2023 | |
2022 | IIT JAM Chemistry 2022 question paper |
2021 | |
2020 | |
2019 |
Note: Students are advised to stay with for the real JAM Chemistry paper analysis.
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